An Guijia felt endless regret in her heart.
He regrets leaving.
If he had agreed to Lin Feng's request from the beginning, the result would have been doomed. He would not have hit the wall one after another, nor would he have encountered another price increase, nor would he have been dealt with by Li Dongshan and lost face.
An Guijia looked at Lin Feng and asked tentatively: "County Magistrate Lin, what is the current price?"
"Five hundred dollars a pound."
Lin Feng answered directly.
boom! !
These words sounded like thunder in the lobby and reached everyone's ears.
Everyone's face was full of horror.
Five hundred dollars a pound.
This is a sky-high price.
Under such salt prices, they can still make money, but the profits are not much anymore. If it's ten cents a pound in the morning, they can make a lot of money. Even if it costs three hundred coins per pound of salt, they can still make huge profits.
Today's prices are too harsh.
Ma Boya couldn't help but stand up, frowned, and said: "County Magistrate Lin, please go to the market and ask, what is the situation of five hundred yuan per catty of salt? The price of salt on the market is impossible. So expensive.”
Bai Shan echoed: "Please show your support to County Magistrate Lin. We are here sincerely this time."
Everyone agreed one after another, all with grim faces, and began to play the sadness card. Some people even said that it was not easy for them to come to Guzang County from the Western Regions, passing through thousands of mountains and rivers. Some people even say that selling salt originally meant making hard-earned money, but with the current price of salt, they are making money at a loss.
After An Guijia saw the others expressing their opinions, Lin Feng ignored them at all. He also quickly agreed: "Please ask Magistrate Lin to give you a suitable price. This time, we will not say anything. As long as the price is right, we will decide directly." Down."
Lin Feng sneered in his heart.
Businessmen are just not sincere. In other words, these businessmen in the Western Regions are all human beings and they never treat others with sincerity.
What they consider is that if they can exploit someone, they will get a point, and if they can deceive someone, they will get one.
If you believe these people, you are a fool.
Lin Feng has long understood the sales situation of local salt and salt in Daqin, Jin, Xia and other places.
By analogy with the Western Regions, we can naturally deduce it.
Lin Feng was still not in a hurry and said calmly: "There is no room for negotiation on the price of the five hundred yuan per pound of salt I mentioned. If you are willing to buy it, then buy it. If you are not willing to buy it, just give up. Even if the salt from Lianhua Mountain is If you bring it back to the Western Regions for five hundred yuan per catty, you can sell it for eight hundred yuan per catty."
"This is a normal situation for selling salt."
"The most important point is that Lianhua Mountain salt is not ordinary salt. The quality of Lianhua Mountain salt is good and the cooking taste is excellent. For high-ranking officials and nobles, especially the nobles from various countries in the Western Regions, these people need quality of life and class. This Lianhua Mountain Salt is the best.”
"So, five hundred cents per catty is not a problem at all. Even excluding your contribution, the net profit is one hundred cents per catty, or even more. Everyone is pretending to be stupid and crying in front of the boss, It doesn’t make any sense.”
When Maboya, Baishan, Anguijia and others heard this, they all laughed.
Everyone understood immediately.
Co-author Lin Feng is Men Qing'er, and Lin Feng knows their thoughts clearly. Under this premise, it is simply impossible to deceive Lin Feng.
Five hundred dollars per pound is really non-negotiable. In other words, they can indeed make money, but all they can make is small money, which can be regarded as a bit of hard work. In comparison, Lin Fengcai made a huge profit, earning 500 yuan per pound of salt.
It's a huge profit.
An Guijia and others looked at each other, each one wanting to cry without tears.
If I had known this, why did I do it in the first place?
At first, Lin Feng talked sincerely, but they were not happy, so they shot themselves in the foot.
Lin Feng continued: "You can think about it again. Of course, the price of salt will be different next time you come to visit. In short, the price of salt can still be adjusted, and there is still room for increase, right?"
An Guijia gritted his teeth and said directly: "Magistrate Lin, I agree. I bought five hundred yuan per catty of salt. This time, I can't ask for so much salt. The first time, I only want one thousand catties of lotus." Huashan salt is enough. If I can sell it when I go back, I can buy the next batch in bulk."
According to the price of five hundred yuan per catty, ten catties of salt cost five thousand yuan, which is five taels of silver.
One thousand catties of salt is five hundred taels of silver.
This is a big number.
An Guijia has always been as cunning as a fox in business, and often likes to act like a wolf with empty hands. It just happened that Men Qing'er was flawless in everything she did, and ruthless in her actions. She gained a pound of silver in a blink of an eye. She couldn't afford to offend such a person, and she couldn't go around in circles.
An Guijia put away the rest of his thoughts and did not dare to have other thoughts. He bought the salt honestly and went back to test the water first.
Ma Boya also felt cold and had a helpless look on her face.
If you don’t buy it, you won’t make the money.
I bought it, but I didn’t make much money.
Ma Boya couldn't bear to part with this amount of income. He sighed and said: "County Magistrate Lin, I will also buy a thousand catties of salt. Like An Guijia, if I return to China and the Lianhua Mountain salt is easy to sell, I will buy more in large quantities." Buy."
"Magistrate Lin, I want three hundred catties of salt."
"Magistrate Lin, I want eight hundred catties of salt."
"Magistrate Lin, I want six hundred catties of salt."
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Businessmen from various countries in the Western Region no longer hesitated and began to place orders. The quantity of each person was different, the least was three hundred catties of salt, the most was one thousand catties of salt from Anguijia, there were more than twenty merchants from various countries in the Western Regions.
Lin Feng asked people to record them one by one, and the final statistical result was twelve thousand kilograms of salt.
The current price is 500 taels per catty, totaling 6,000 taels of silver. Speaking of money, such a sum of money is very small compared to the money seized from the Yang family and the Shen family, but it is a steady flow of money and can make money continuously.
Especially with these six thousand taels of silver, we can give it back to Lianhua Mountain Salt, further expand the scale, and further recruit more people to cook salt.
This creates a virtuous cycle.
Lin Feng looked at the predetermined order and said in a deep voice: "You have all decided to buy salt now. When will you pay? After you pay, you can go to Lianhua Mountain to get salt. Although the mountain road is still being excavated, the most important thing is The area has been dug out.”
"You each don't have much salt. You can drag it away if you find horses. Or you can drag it out with a carriage, so it won't be left in the mountains forever. It just so happens that Lianhua Mountain currently stores a large amount of salt, which can meet your needs. "
From the discovery of the Lianhua Mountain salt well to the present, we have been boiling salt and drying it for storage. During this period, it has gradually become hotter and the salt drying speed has also become faster.
There is a group of salt stores in Lianhua Mountain, and there is no problem in supplying the first batch to merchants from various countries in the Western Region. As for the salt supplied to the Zhang Feng Mansion and other big families, there is no rush for the time being. You can take your time and make money from these Western Region merchants first.
An Guijia asked tentatively: "Magistrate Lin, can you wait until you get the salt before paying for it?"
The others looked over one after another.
They didn't want to pay the money right away. After paying the money, Lin Feng would take care of everything else.
This is something they don't like.
Lin Feng sneered and said: "If you do this, are you just empty-handed? Business should not be like this. You pay now, and I will issue a receipt. You can use the receipt to go to Lianhua Mountain to get salt, and then hurry up It's time to return to the Western Region. This is the best arrangement. I give you one hour to pay the money, otherwise the salt purchase will be cancelled."
Money must be obtained.
This is Lin Feng's criterion.
Otherwise, who knows what tricks these businessmen will come up with in the future.
Don’t worry until you get the money.
Anguijia sighed and said, "That's alright, I'll go collect the money right away."
Ma Boya said: "I will go immediately too."
Businessmen from various countries in the Western Region saluted Lin Feng one after another and left together.
After everyone walked out of the county office, Ma Boya took a deep breath and sighed: "Lin Feng, the magistrate of Guzang County, is really not an easy person. We need to buy salt, and he knows everything about it. He knows it like the back of his hand. Think about it. It’s impossible to make a lot of money from him.”
Bai Shan sighed: "Think about Zhang Feng's mansion, and then think about Li Dongshan. Even Li Dongshan, who temporarily acted on behalf of the Liangzhou governor, did not dare to interfere with Lin Feng's affairs. It can be imagined that Lin Feng's influence and strength.”
"Oh, it's ridiculous that we actually wanted to fight with Lin Feng, so we fell into a big trap."
"If I had known this, why would I be messing around? Speaking of which, Lin Feng gave us face before and paid three hundred yuan for a pound of salt. We transported it back to the country. Even excluding labor, expenses, etc., we even went back to quickly open trade routes. , if the price is lower, you can make a difference of two to three hundred yuan per catty."
"Today, the price of five hundred yuan per catty of salt when we go back is at least seven to eight hundred yuan per catty. At this price, it is destined to be impossible to sell quickly, and it will take a lot of trouble."
"The money you make is much less, and it's troublesome. Oh, it's your own fault."
Bai Shan was a little angry and said: "It's not easy to make some money. If you hadn't thought about it, the salt of Lianhua Mountain is the only one, and this salt business can always be done. Moreover, together with other businesses, I really want to give up this business.”
Ma Boya was even more angry. She couldn't help but slap herself in the face and said, "We are doing it ourselves. Oh, let's collect the money."
The others sighed.
You can make money now, but the profit is too small. Everyone sighed, but fortunately, salt is just a business, and they are not a single operator. Now that I have started this business, I can still make money.
When everyone looked at An Guijia again, they looked a little unkind, because An Guijia had done all this.
If it weren't for Anguijia being picky, it would be more than that.
An Guijia saw this and felt unhappy. Why should he blame him?
Although he took the lead, some people did not object and all approved his suggestions.
An Guijia was so angry that he didn't want to pay attention to these people. He flicked his sleeves and went to get the money. After he took the money, the others did the same. Everyone arrived at the county government and handed all the money to Lin Feng. Lin Feng issued a receipt for An Guijia and others to take the salt.
Lin Feng specially arranged for Gao Xiaoyu to arrange for someone to go to Lianhua Mountain to inform him immediately. Once Anguijia, Maboya and others arrive at Lianhua Mountain to collect salt, they can hand over directly without causing trouble.
Lin Feng invested the 6,000 taels of silver he earned directly into the development of Lianhua Mountain Salt, and then immersed himself in the inventory of the tenements and acres. Today, land transfer in Guzang County is still ongoing.
In such a large Guzang County, it will still take a certain amount of time to inventory all the land.
While Lin Feng was looking through the information, there was a sound of footsteps.
Gao Xiaoyu entered with a happy expression and said, "Master Marquis, there is a letter from Madam."
"Bring it here quickly."
Lin Feng was in high spirits.
He also spent some time in Guzang County, and this was the first letter sent by Bai Yuyao.
